Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture has disclosed to the Senate committee on Agriculture yesterday, March 27th that some Nigerians import everything including pizza from London.

Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture has disclosed to the Senate committee on
Agriculture yesterday, March 27th that some Nigerians import everything including pizza
from London.
He made this known while making his presentation to the lawmakers, he said:
“Do you know, sir, that there are Nigerians who use their cellphones to import pizza from
London; they buy in London and bring it on British Airways in the morning to pick up at the
airport. It is a very annoying situation and we have to move a lot faster in cutting down
some of these things.” he told the lawmakers
Speaking further, the Minister said
”Nigeria is a nation of importers”, adding: “Toothpick every year costs us 18 million
dollars; tomato paste costs us 400 million dollars. Meanwhile, a basket of tomatoes is
less than N2,000. The farmers are losing money because the processors do not have
enough funds to set up factories. Two factories have started off. I am sure by the end of
next year we can comfortably tell the importers of tomato paste to stop

.{Abdurrasheed Gambo}